I don’t care for boxing much, but there’s one aspect that I like: if you beat the world champion, then you’re the world champion!

I wondered, what would happened if we had that rule in baseball? You’d have several new champions every week.

So I followed the schedule so far this year, beginning with Florida’s first game. I am proud to announce that the current MLB champs are the Milwaukee Brewers. Long live the King!

Tonight, the Atlanta Braves will try to retake the throne Milwaukee took from them last night.
UPDATE: Braves win! They’re the champs again.

Here are the teams that have been champions so far this year, and the number of days they’ve spent as champs:

Florida – 25
Atlanta – 21
Cincinnati – 17
Pittsburgh – 17
Montreal – 14
Houston – 10
Oakland – 8
St. Louis – 7
Milwaukee – 4
NY Mets – 3
Philadelphia – 2
Arizona – 1

The A’s held on to the championship for a week, sweeping Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, but then got swept in St. Louis. The champs never played another AL team. With interleague play now over, the title will remain in the NL for the rest of the regular season.

Pittsburgh went on a nine-game winning streak when they became champions on June 26. The Expos held the title at the All-Star break.

Read on for the day-by-day champions list…

Date: New Champion (days as champ after reign)

April 6: Florida (1)
April 7: Montreal (1)
April 8: Florida (9)
April 16: Atlanta (4)
April 20: Cincinnati (1)
April 21: Atlanta (5)
April 22: Cincinnati (4)
April 25: Pittsburgh (1)
April 26: Cincinnati (5)
April 27: Milwaukee (3)
April 30: Pittsburgh (5)
May 4: Houston (4)
May 8: Atlanta (6)
May 9: Houston (7)
May 12: Florida (11)
May 14: St. Louis (2)
May 16: Florida (13)
May 18: Houston (9)
May 20: Florida (16)
May 23: Arizona (1)
May 24: Florida (17)
May 25: Cincinnati (6)
May 26: Florida (23)
May 31: Cincinnati (10)
June 4: Montreal (2)
June 5: Cincinnati (12)
June 7: Oakland (8)
June 15: St. Louis (7)
June 20: Cincinnati (14)
June 22: NY Mets (1)
June 23: Cincinnati (17)
June 26: Pittsburgh (15)
July 6: Florida (24)
July 7: Pittsburgh (16)
July 8: Montreal (3)
July 9: Pittsburgh (17)
July 10: Montreal (8)
July 15: Atlanta (7)
July 16: Montreal (9)
July 17: Atlanta (10)
July 20: Philadelphia (2)
July 22: Florida (25)
July 23: Montreal (13)
July 27: NY Mets (2)
July 28: Montreal (14)
July 29: NY Mets (3)
July 30: Atlanta (14)
August 3: Houston (10)
August 4: Atlanta (20)
August 10: Milwaukee (4)
August 11: Atlanta (21)